Introduce the Holocaust, and then discuss how genocide became a construct in the international legal system with the power to evoke emotional and political responses, as well as legal responses -- with today's war in Israel / Palestine as the case.
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How E.D. Hirsch coined the Cohen Curve and gave me credit for the opposite of what I said
I guess for teaching purposes I should be glad that I successfully created the kind of graphic that people so often misunderstand.
The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change 4th edition now out in print
Besides updating the story, the news, and the narrative, there's all that data.
Population and Society graduate seminar syllabus
A basic graduate level introduction to social demography.
Demographic facts for Spring 2024
There may be a sucker born every minute, but that's only 0.4% of all babies born in the world.
How a Population Ages or Grows Younger: Classic Ansley Coale paper finally updated
A lot changed since 1960, but this old article is still good for teaching -- with some updates.
Family Demography seminar syllabus, 2023
Teaching family demography is the best.
New grad seminar syllabus: Gender, Work, and Family
I tried to balance mostly recent books and articles, qualitative and quantitative, review pieces and empirical studies.
Who wants to be Adele, filling the void with an endless emptiness unchained?
The Adele in the video has no relationships other than her "team" at work and her financial advisor. She fills the void with the endless emptiness of a self unchained.
Inequality work product: Visualizing unequal
I'm working on the fourth edition of The Family, and since it's an "accessible, data-driven introduction to contemporary sociological thinking on families," I figured I'd share a few figures I worked on for the chapter on social class and poverty. 1. Parents' education and educational attainment. The General Social Survey asks people what their parents'…
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